English Explanatory Dictionary

fisher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
noun
  1. A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
  2. Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.
  2. A location:
  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  4. A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.
  5. A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
  6. A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A minor city in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
  9. A locality in Humboldt County, California.
  10. A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
  11. A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
  12. A town in Polk County, Minnesota.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪʃə/ /ˈfɪʃɚ/ En-us-fisher.ogg

Word forms

fisher fishers

Etymology

From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).

Synonyms

angler fisherman fisherperson piscary piscator piscatorialist piscatorian piscicapturist fish farmer pisciculturist pekan fisher cat black cat fisher marten big marten black fox

Related words

fishery for more fishing § Derived terms piscatory piscatorial piscatorian piscatorious piscatorially

Derived words

bottom fisher codfisher electrofisher fisher-boat fisherboy fisheress fisherfolk Fisher King fisherman fisherperson fisherwoman fishery flyfisher kingfisher line fisher rodfisher spearfisher whale fisher whale-fisher fisher cat fisher marten Fisher County Fisherian Fisher information Fisher's seahorse Fisher-Tippett distribution Fisher-Tippett-Gnedenko theorem Fisher-Tippett theorem Fisher-Yates shuffle international Fisher effect

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 漁 /渔 Danish: Fisker Dutch: Visscher Dutch: Visser French: Pecheur Middle French: Pescheur German: Fischer Norwegian: Fisker Polish: Rybak
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